The music legend opens up to PEOPLE about sharing never-before-told family secrets in her highly anticipated memoir, 'Bread ...

This article appears in the December 2025 print edition with the headline “Patti Smith’s Lifetime of Reinvention.” ...

Patti Smith’s Just Kids was voted a best book of the 21st century. Her new memoir covers her whole life, charting deep love, ...

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A famous restaurateur has exposed an “incredibly rude” music legend who apparently brought a waitress to tears back in the 1970s. Keith McNally claims that Patti Smith was constantly mean to servers ...

Patti Smith's new memoir is about love, pain, her musical journey and discovering her true identity.

We often admire the outstanding works of art that famous people create, and on the wave of this admiration, we are sometimes ready to forgive them almost anything. Even being completely rude or ...

'70s Punk Rock Legend Praised for 'Mind-Blowingly Amazing' Performances in 'Place of Magic' originally appeared on Parade. Patti Smith has been entertaining fans for decades. The ‘70s punk rock legend ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Midway through Patti Smith’s autobiographical “Year of the Monkey,” which is set in 2016 before and after the election of ...